Here's the problem with Larsson's novels: they're terribly slow and boring for hundreds of pages. Then you get to the last 50 pages, and you find yourself on a fast-paced roller coaster right through to the final page. Later on, when you try to decide whether you're going to read his next book? You remember the fun ending (but not the torturous slog that got you there). I spent most of this book trying to decide whether I should just cut my losses and ask my wife how it ended, but then I got to the final chapters and found myself staying up until 3am because I just had to finish it.